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As Muhammadu Buhari ran for the fourth—and decisive—time for the Nigerian Presidency, his handlers cast him as a man purged of the dictatorial tendencies and inflexible disposition that marked his …

If Nigeria, against perceived and preconceived mischievous intentions, could survive the year 2015 unscathed, it is now clear that Nigeria’s disintegration is non-negotiable. The year 2015 experienced a 12 month …

If Nigeria had any serious opposition, the budget speech of President Buhari no matter how good intended held valuable promise for a team of budget egg heads intent on scoring …

With the overthrow of the Nigeria Khakistocracy and Kleptocracy (1999-2014), a new Sociocratic dispensation is emerging. The tide has turned. The Socratic order is anchored on constitutionalism, the rule of …

“Unemployment, underdevelopment and poverty everywhere in the land. Our people are living like animals; we cannot even rear our children” – Source Unknown. “Quite frankly, the war against Corruption is …

I believe that a nation need not be a fixed, immutable entity, but a living organism, susceptible (in keeping with laid out procedures and according to the wish of its …

The ‘toppled’ PDP government is fast unravelling. Since ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) stepped down by leaving Aso Rock Villa on May 29 this year the Buhari administration has been …

Almost every Nigerian agrees with the assertion that corruption is the greatest threat to the nation becoming the most desirable country to live in on the planet earth in record …

When an analyst trying to play funny, joked with the expression that Nigeria moves one step forward and several steps backward, the dramatization of such forward and backward movements made …

“There is not a truth existing which I fear or wish unknown to the whole world.” – Thomas Jefferson “When it comes to the truth, the real bias is thinking …

You heard it here first! Since President Muhammadu Buhari unveiled his ministerial portfolios last week, an idea has been gaining currency in private discussions among Nigerians home and abroad: Babatunde …

A wise man with a wide following was once asked by a devotee of his teachings to show him an apple from Paradise. A fruit, which he imagined in his …

Last week, I exchanged a series of messages on Facebook with a young man who accused me of exhibiting “sentiments” and “self-interest” in my column titled “Buhari and the Syndrome …

If you are in Nigeria and you have not done this before, try and do it right away. Just open a Nigerian newspaper near you. Go through its pages to …

Three years ago, I travelled to the United States for the annual convention of Mbaise people living there. The convention, which is usually rotated among the states in the U.S., …

“Excoriating the corruption epidemic” has become the driving mantra of President Mohammadu Buhari’s administration. The president, true to his pre-election promise to uproot the asphyxiating weed of graft choking the …